Support for telephone-receivers.



No. 895,695.l

P. SIMONS. SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.1, 1906.

PATENTED AUG. ll, lUU.

. swung out of the way, and which embodies UNITED sTATEs FRANK SIMON'S,'OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SUPPORT FOR TLEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application led October 1 1906. Serial No. 336,941.

T oaZ-Zwhom it may concern: Be -it known' that '1,FRANK SrMoNs, a

citizen of the United- States, residing at Buffalo, in the county'of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in -Su ports for Telephone-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a support for tele hone-receivers, and its primary object is t e production of a simple, durable, and eflicient support whereby the receiver may be used and held in proper position with relation to the ear of the user and the mouth of the transmitter, without being held by the user, so that the hands of the user are free' to take written notes of the messages received.

Another object is the production of a su portV of the typementioned which may ige in its construction, means to maintain `the support in proper position with relation to the' mouth of the transmitter when swung outward.

The invention' consists in the novel construction of the .support and' inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter .described and particularlyV pointed out in the appended claims.

j In the drawings,-Figure l is a perspective viewof my improved support applied to the arm of a transmitter and supportinga receiver, shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the support aiiixed to the arm of the transmitter; the support being shown in dotted lines as swung inward into a position of disuse. Fig. 3"is an enlarged side' elevation of the clamp on which the supporting-member is pivotally held. Fig. 4 1s an enlarged section taken online 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Referring` to the drawings in detail, like numerals of reference refer to-like parts in the several figures.'

Thel numeral 6 designates a telephonetransmitter and 7 a telephone-receiver supported on my improved device. "The support comprises a clam 8 adapted to be secured to the arm of t e transmitter, and a supporting-member 9 pivotally attached to sai clamp. The clamp is preferably cast `and of U-shape to straddle the arm of the transmitter; it having formed integrally therewith on one side, a lug or extension 10 .having a vertical opening 11 and a notch 12 at its ulpper end extending from said opening to t e outer face of the lug. Said clamp is provided with a screw-hole 13 on its opposite side through which is passed a binding-screw 14 with its end impinging against' the side of the transmitter arm. This binding screw renders the clamp suitable for use on all sizes of transmitter-arms; the screw being adjustable, serves to draw the clamp iirmly against one side of the said arm. The lower ends of the clamp extend beneath the arm of the transmitter and have alined openings 15, one of which is threaded to receive the threaded end of a clamping-'- screw 16 passed through the other opening.

When the clamping-screw is tightened the clamp is held-positively against movement, particularly since the binding screw 14 acts as a fulcrum from which the arm through which said screw passes is drawn inward when the clamping-screw is tightened.

l The supportlng-member is constructed of a single piece of wire of suitable diameter and strength, and comprises an outstanding intermediate portion 17 bent-laterally at its inner end, as at 18; a depending retainerportion 19 at theJ inner end ofthe supportingmember; and a receiver-support 20 at the outer end of said member. The intermediate portion is given any angle or curve vnecessary to bring the receiver-support in proper position with reference to the mouth of t e transmitter.

At the outer end of the intermediate portion 17, the wire is bent into substantially U-shape, as at 21, thence laterally, as at 22, and finally terminating in a curved portion 23 also of U-shape and in line with the U- shaped portion 21. The laterally disposed portion 22 serves asy a connection between the U-shaped portions 21 and 23, in which the telephone-receiver is placed, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The depending retainer-portion 19 is inserted into the opening 11 to permit the supporting-member to be swung inward into a position of disuse, or outward into proper position with respect to the mou'th of the transmitter. When in the p latter position, the inner end or laterally bent portion 18 of the intermediate portion fits into the notch 12 of lug `10, and prevents swinging movement of the supporting-member. It is therefore necessary, in order to swingl the supporting-member into a position of disuse, that it be slightly elevatedso that the top of lug 10 is cleared bythe intermediate portion of said-member.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is,-`

A support for telephone-receivers, comprising a U-sha ed clamp adapted to it onto the arm of a teephone transmitter and hav` ing a laterally extending lug provided With a vertical opening and a notch in the upper end of said lug, said clamp having its ends extending beneath said arm and provided with alined apertures, a binding-screw passing through one side of said clamp and impinging against said arm, a clamping-screw passing through one of said alined apertures and threaded into the other of said apertures, a supporting-member formed of' a single piece of Wire and having an outstanding inf termediate portion, a depending retainer portion entering the opening in the lug of said clamp, and a receiver support formed at the outer end of said intermediate portion by curving the Wire into tWo alined U-shaped supports connected by a single laterally dis-v posed portion of the wire, the inner end of said intermediate portion fitting into' the notch on said lug.

In'testimony whereof, -I have aflixed my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing i 

